We've got the technology... we could put a serious dent into the circulation of annoying chain letters (although I'm rather partial to "Internet Clean-Up Day").
It would be a slightly different idea than filtering spam, since you're not looking at tonnes of individual rules that may or may not make something a hoax (although "Forward this to [0-9]+" would be a good candidate)... it is, at least, an interesting thought.
Evan II
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Hogsett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scoring Hoaxes
Yes and the HOAX report should include a relevant link, such as :
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBGiveAways.shtml#msaol
- Mike
